What coconut wax is, and whether you should use a blend
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Coconut candle wax is a blend, and the one with the most detailed published testing combines soy, coconut, apricot and paraffin. CandleScience's coconut apricot wax is sold for container candles with a recommended fragrance load of up to 15 percent, and in the supplier's own tests it showed no frosting, smooth first-pour tops and stronger throw than a straight soy wax, while needing a smaller wick. A blend is a good choice when you want those behaviors and can describe the wax honestly on your label. This page walks through what the supplier tested and found, how a blend changes your wick and process, and how to label a blend truthfully.
What is in a coconut wax
CandleScience describes its coconut apricot wax as "a custom blend of soy, coconut, apricot, and paraffin wax" and does not publish the proportions [1]. So the supplier tells you the ingredients and the behavior, and keeps the formula.
Two things follow. First, a coconut blend can contain paraffin, so it is not automatically a vegetable-only wax. Second, the name says little about how the wax behaves, so read the supplier's test data. Suppliers who sell several blends treat each as its own wax: Supplies for Candles in the UK, for example, gives separate wick chart columns for CocoPro, KeraSoy, Nature C3, ProSoy, ParaSoy and paraffin [2].
What the supplier tested, and what it found
Every figure below is CandleScience's, from its Lab Notes on coconut apricot wax (undated; the page images are dated April 2024) [1].
| What was tested | What CandleScience reports | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Melt point | None given. The wax has "a longer softening range" than most vegetable blends and lacks the sharp melting point of 464 and other pure soy waxes | You cannot compare it with other waxes by melt point; judge heat tolerance by an oven test (below) |
| Fragrance addition | 190°F, plus or minus 5°F | Add fragrance hotter than you would for GW 464 (185°F [3]) or SimplySoy (180°F on its product page [4]). Flash point does not govern this temperature |
| Pour range tested | 145 to 185°F; best results at 175°F, plus or minus 5°F, at about 70°F room temperature | A hotter pour than GW 464, which starts at 135°F [3] |
| Pull-away | Unscented candles pulled away from the glass. Many 10 percent candles had full adhesion at 24 hours; others developed wet spots that often grew after a week. Pouring at 145 to 155°F can cause uniform pull-away, which the page says can look as good as full adhesion | Pour temperature is a lever for how the wax meets the glass |
| Tops | Smooth, level tops on the first pour; some slight dipping near the wick that did not need refinishing | Fewer second pours or heat gun touch-ups than many makers expect from soy |
| Frosting | "Highly resistant"; none seen in test candles | One of the main reasons makers choose a blend |
| Fragrance load | Up to 15 percent held with no sweating or separation after 24 hours, in four oils | The supplier's tested ceiling for those oils |
| Heat | In a 113°F (45°C) oven for 24 hours on their sides, candles up to 13 percent load kept their shape and fragrance; some at 15 percent melted out of their jars | A practical upper load if candles will ship in summer. The page recommends storing candles upright |
| Cold throw | At 6 percent load, strong after 24 hours, slightly better after one week | A short cure for cold throw, for this wax |
| Hot throw | Candles cured 3 days; every fragrance scored the top of the supplier's 3-point scale and beat 464 side by side | The supplier's comparison against its own soy wax, not an independent test |
| Color | At 6 drops of liquid dye per pound, slightly deeper colors than 464 | Expect to use less dye for the same shade |
| Burn | The wax slides down the container wall as it burns, so it does not need an edge-to-edge melt pool to consume fully, according to the page | Judge the melt pool by how this wax burns, which differs from soy |
| Viscosity | Lower than pure soy when liquid; "will generally need a smaller wick than soy wax" | Do not reuse your soy wick size |
Fragrance figures have their own pages: supplier maximums by wax live on how much fragrance oil to use, and addition temperatures on when and how to add fragrance. The same oven test is used as a model for checking any wax on the melt point page.
How the wick changes in a blend
CandleScience tested four of its wick series in coconut apricot and reported their behavior [1]:
- LX performed well and stood straight with little curl, which the page says makes it a good choice for multi-wick candles. It forms a mushroom head that widens the flame base.
- CD performed well, with a curl that helps inhibit carbon buildup and smaller mushroom heads than LX. It generally needed a taller flame for a full melt pool, which can bring more flicker and smoke.
- AL (Aroma-Lite) unfurled slightly at the top and formed larger carbon heads, so it needs diligent trimming; the page suggests it for small and multi-wick candles.
- ECO had too few sizes for an ideal burn across container shapes, and its performance declined at high fragrance loads; the page recommends ECO only at 10 percent load or less.
The general point is the one the supplier makes about viscosity: a less viscous blend feeds the wick more easily, so it usually needs a smaller wick than soy for the same jar. So when you build a test set for a blend, include sizes below the one that worked in your soy wax, and let the burn decide. Series are compared on candle wick types, and the testing method is on how to size a wick.
When a blend makes sense
A blend makes sense when its behavior solves a problem you have and its ingredients do not conflict with what you sell.
Use a blend when you are fighting frosting or wet spots in a straight soy wax, you want a higher fragrance load than your soy wax's sheet allows (GW 464, for example, lists about 9 percent as its maximum [3]), you want smooth tops without a second pour, or you want stronger throw and can accept the supplier's tests as your starting point.
Stay with a single wax when your customers buy "soy" or "beeswax" candles, your label or a retailer requires a vegetable-only or paraffin-free wax, or you want the simplest possible ingredient statement.
Mixing your own blend (adding paraffin to soy, for example) is possible: CandleScience says SimplySoy "mixes easily with most paraffin waxes" [4]. But you then have a wax nobody has tested. Every figure on its parent sheets becomes a starting point only, and the wick, load and pour temperature all need new tests. The variables that force a retest are listed on what has to be retested when you change something.
Labeling a blend truthfully
The safest rule is to describe the wax by what the supplier says is in it, and nothing more.
- Get the ingredient statement in writing. For coconut apricot, that is soy, coconut, apricot and paraffin [1]. Keep the supplier's page or sheet with your batch records, dated.
- Do not drop an ingredient from the name. A blend that contains paraffin should not be described as a soy candle, a coconut candle with no qualification that implies it is all coconut, or as paraffin-free.
- Name the blend. "Coconut and soy wax blend" or "coconut, soy and paraffin blend" says what it is. If you want to describe a main ingredient, describe it as part of the blend.
- Avoid health and environmental claims that the wax does not support. "Clean burning" and "non-toxic" claims are covered with the rules that apply on what you can claim about your candle.
- Check the buyer's rules. Retailer protocols require that the product match its claims; Kohl's protocol 100-Z, for one, states "Must comply with claims" for fragrance [5].
Where to go once you have picked a blend
If you are choosing a blend for its fragrance capacity, work out your load in both units on how much fragrance oil to use. If you are choosing it for shipping in warm weather, run the oven check on the melt point page. And before you print a label, read what you can claim about your candle.
References
- CandleScience, Lab Notes: CandleScience Coconut Apricot Wax, undated (images dated April 2024), read October 22, 2026. https://candlescience.com/lab-notes-candlescience-coconut-apricot-wax
- Supplies for Candles, Wick Size Chart, published September 14, 2020, modified September 2, 2026. https://www.suppliesforcandles.co.uk/wick-size-chart/
- Voyageur Soap & Candle, Golden Brands GW 464 Soy Container Candle Wax (product page with manufacturer's instructions), undated, read October 22, 2026. https://www.voyageursoapandcandle.com/Golden_Brands_464_Soy_Wax_p/20264.htm
- CandleScience, CandleScience SimplySoy Artisan Wax (product page), read October 22, 2026. https://www.candlescience.com/wax/candlescience-simplysoy-artisan-wax
- Kohl's, Test Protocol 100-Z: Candle (including freestanding, taper, tealight, votive, filled and novelty candles), revised February 2025, read October 22, 2026. https://link.kohls.com/content/dam/klink/100-Z-CANDLE.pdf
